The Lourdes ARCHES program (Academic Readiness through Coaching Habits for Excellence and Success) will select up to 40 qualifying traditional-aged incoming freshmen to join the faculty and staff at Lourdes University three weeks prior to the first day of classes in August.

PROGRAM MISSION

The ARCHES program is designed to assist promising, yet academically at risk, new traditional-aged incoming freshman students at Lourdes University. The goal is to maximize students’ opportunities for academic success through the development of the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed, so they are empowered to thrive, persist, and be successful.

PROGRAM FEATURES

• Priority registration with the faculty advisor and ARCHES Program director
• Placement in the ARCHES First Year Experience (Lourdes University Connections LUC 101) course
• Opportunity to move in early, have time to get settled and acquainted with campus and meet fellow classmates
• Opportunity to test into college level reading, writing and math
• Additional opportunities for academic support provided throughout the academic year
• Provided with numerous strategies for success in classroom
• Opportunity to save both money and time

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Director of Lourdes ARCHES Program
Assistant Professor of History
Office 293 St. Agnes Hall
Phone 419-517-7444.

ADMISSIONS APPLICATION

Prospective students must:

• • Download and complete the ARCHES Program Application Form or fill it out online
  • Submit one letter of recommendation from high school teacher or other qualified references

  ADMISSIONS TIMELINE

  Students typically apply during the spring semester. Once participants are selected for ARCHES, they will be notified and receive further program details during the summer.

  PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

  To be eligible for participation in the Lourdes University ARCHES program, a student must have received one or more of the following ACT/SAT scores:

  • <19/<510 Math
  • <18/<480 Reading
  • <18/<480 Writing

ARCHES MISSIONS

The ARCHES program is designed to assist promising, yet academically at risk, new traditional-aged incoming freshman students at Lourdes University. The goal is to maximize students’ opportunities for academic success through the development of the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed, so they are empowered to thrive, persist, and be successful.

ARCHES GOAL

The ARCHES Program, through its curriculum and its learning beyond the classroom experiences, promotes the personal development of its students in an effort to assist in:

• Smoothly transitioning from high school to college
• Decreasing the time to degree completion
• Developing a familiarity with the resources available on campus
• Developing a greater self-awareness as student scholars
• Developing a greater intellectual independence and critical thinking skills
• Developing a realistic understanding of university-level course expectations
• Developing life skills and test-taking strategies
• Developing strategies and resources to balance school, work, and personal commitments
• Developing a greater understanding of inter-group relations

Students selected for the ARCHES program would participate in a three week summer program held in early August that focuses on enhancing academic skills and strategies involved with reading, writing, and mathematics.

Upon completing the first two weeks of instruction in the ARCHES program, students will take an assessment test with the opportunity to test directly into college level courses.  However, if the resulting scores do not place the student into college level courses, the student, instead of being enrolled in developmental courses in reading, writing, and/or mathematics, will alternatively be placed in college level courses with a Supplemental Instruction (SI) section.  In addition to meeting three hours a week with the main content instructor, the student will be required to meet one additional hour each week in a Supplemental Instruction class where additional support focusing on reading and writing or mathematics skills connected with the content material in the course is provided.

Upon successful completion of courses containing supplemental instruction in the fall, the student will be enrolled in college level English and/or mathematics with an added Supplemental Instruction component for the spring semester.

ARCHES participants will meet monthly throughout the semester with the director of the program for feedback and continued academic coaching.

BENEFITS OF ARCHES PROGRAM

• Students in the ARCHES program will save both money and time.
• Students will arrive early, have time to get settled & acquainted with campus & meet fellow classmates
• Students will have additional opportunities for academic support throughout the year
• Students will  be provided with numerous strategies for success in classroom

COST

Instead of being charged $2265 for one or more developmental courses, students selected for the ARCHES program will be initially charged $500.

Students who successfully complete both the college level course and the supplemental component will be credited $250 after enrolling for classes in the Spring of 2022. Students successfully completing the college level English or Mathematics course and the supplemental component in the Spring will be credited the final $250 after enrolling for classes in the Fall of 2022.